RB · pick 252 — first ever running back at #252 (2000)

RB·pick 252

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #252

Rondell Mealey

Drafted by GB — GM Ron Wolf · LSU

2000

RBs drafted at #252 in NFL history

most recent: Matthew Dayes (CLE, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1999, the model gave a running back at #252 a 8.9% chance in 2000.

Running back at #252, year by year

Each year's estimate uses only that year's draft and the years before it — no peeking ahead. The line smooths across neighboring picks and seasons so a single oddball draft doesn't dominate. The shaded band is the model's 90% uncertainty range.

Peak: 32.4% · 2027 model: 7.4%

Surrounding picks · 2000 draft

#247OTMark BaniewiczJAX — GM Tom Coughlin
#248OTLewis KellyMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#249LBEugene McCaslinGB — GM Ron Wolf
#250WREthan HowellWAS — GM Vinny Cerrato
#251LBDaShon PolkBUF — GM John Butler
#253DTAlfonso BooneDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#254SMichael GreenCHI — GM Mark Hatley

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2017Matthew DayesCLE — GM Sashi Brown · North Carolina St.
2012Daryl RichardsonLAR — GM Les Snead · Abilene Christian

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